#3. Do the following: a. Attend a meeting of your city, town, or county council or school board; OR attend a municipal, county, or state court session. b. Choose one of the issues discussed at the meeting where a difference of opinions was expressed, and explain to your counselor why you agree with one opinion more than you do another one.
#7. Do the following: a. Choose a charitable organization outside of Scouting that interests you and brings people in your community together to work for the good of your community. b. Using a variety of resources (including newspapers, fliers and other literature, the Internet, volunteers, and employees of the organization), find out more about this organization. c. With your counselor's and your parent's approval, contact the organization and find out what young people can do to help. While working on this merit badge, volunteer at least eight hours of your time for the organization. After your volunteer experience is over, discuss what you have learned with your counselor.
#8. Develop a public presentation (such as a video, slide show, speech, digital presentation, or photo exhibit) about important and unique aspects of your community. Include information about the history, cultures, and ethnic groups of your community; its best features and popular places where people gather; and the challenges it faces. Stage your presentation in front of your merit badge counselor or a group, such as your patrol or a class at school.

#2. Do TWO of the following: a. Visit a place that is listed as a National Historic Landmark or that is on the National Register of Historic Places. Tell your counselor what you learned about the landmark or site and what you found interesting about it. b. Tour your state capitol building or the U.S. Capitol. Tell your counselor what you learned about the capitol, its function, and the history. c. Tour a federal facility. Explain to your counselor what you saw there and what you learned about its function in the local community and how it serves this nation. d. Choose a national monument that interests you. Using books, brochures, the Internet (with your parent's permission), and other resources, find out more about the monument. Tell your counselor what you learned, and explain why the monument is important to this country's citizens.

#3. Watch the national evening news five days in a row OR read the front page of a major daily newspaper five days in a row. Discuss the national issues you learned about with your counselor. Choose one of the issues and explain how it affects you and your family.

#6. With your counselor's approval, choose a speech of national historical importance. Find out about the author, and tell your counselor about the person who gave the speech. Explain the importance of the speech at the time it was given, and tell how it applies to American citizens today. Choose a sentence or two from the speech that has significant meaning to you, and tell your counselor why.

#8. Name your two senators and the member of Congress from your congressional district. Write a letter about a national issue and send it to one of these elected officials, sharing your view with him or her. Show your letter and any response you receive to your counselor.

Read the merit badge pamphlet prior to coming to class. Print and bring the workbook and a pencil/pen. If we have internet and they are able to bring a tablet, that would be helpful. If we don’t have internet access, they need to complete requirement 7 prior to class.

This class is limited to Scouts who are at least Second Class or have been in Scouting for a year.

We will have fun doing this badge, but please keep in mind that it is Eagle-required and I will not sign your blue card if you do not meet the requirements. Please bring a pen and a notebook.

#3. Come prepared to deliver a five-minute speech – please write speech in advance. Please do not show up unprepared and try to wing it.

#4. We can do this during the class, but it would be helpful if the Scouts could do the interview ahead of time. Talk with someone, then find out the information you would need if you were to introduce them as a speaker before your Troop.

#6. Please come prepared to teach a skill. Don’t try to teach Pig Latin or make a paper airplane or something that everyone already knows how to do. I’ve had Scouts show how to change a flat bike tire, do tae kwon do skills and tie knots while blindfolded. It should be a real skill, not making paper airplanes or speaking Pig Latin. It’s way more fun when the Scouts think about it ahead of time, rather than wing it and try to make something up on the spot.

5. We cannot do this one during the class. But if the Scout has attended a public meeting prior to Merit Badge Fair and can tell me about it, I will sign the card.

7. This is another one we can’t really do during the class, but if the Scout can show me that he has met one of the requirements ahead of time, I will sign the card. Requirement B is fairly easy to do (try Wordpress.com), but make sure the Scout does not put any personal information on the site. If they create a blog, have them print it out as proof.

8. We cannot do this one during class. But if the Scout can bring a note from his Scoutmaster that says he’s met the requirement, I will sign the card.

All participants need to print the merit badge worksheet and bring it with them to class. Complete the pre-req's, failure to complete them will cause the Scout to not complete the merit badge.

#5. Plan a menu for one day (three meals) or for four meals over a two-day period of trail hiking or backpacking. Include the following: a. A breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a trail or backpacking trip where light weight is important. You should be able to store all foods used for several days without refrigeration. When preparing your menu, follow the nutritional guidelines set by the food pyramid.* b.

#6. Using the menu planned for requirement 5, make a food list showing cost and amount needed to feed three or more boys. c. List the utensils needed to cook and serve these meals. d. Figure the weight of the foods in requirement 5a. Using the menu planned for requirement 5, do the following: a. Prepare and serve for yourself and two others, the trail breakfast and dinner. Time your cooking so that each course will be ready to serve at the proper time. b. Use an approved trail stove (with proper supervision) or charcoal to prepare your meals. c. For each meal prepared in requirement 6a, use safe food-handling practices. Dispose of garbage, cans, foil, paper, and other rubbish by packing them out and depositing them in a proper container. After each meal, clean up
the site thoroughly. #7. Plan a menu for three full days of meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) to be cooked at home. a. When preparing your menu, follow the nutritional guidelines set by the food pyramid. All meals are to be cooked or properly prepared. b. Using the menu planned for requirement 7, make a food list showing cost and amount needed to feed yourself and at least one adult (parent, family member, guardian, or other responsible adult). c. Tell what utensils were needed to cook and serve these meals. d. Prepare and serve a breakfast, lunch, and dinner from the menu you planned for requirement 7. Time your cooking to have each course ready to serve at the proper time. Have an adult verify the preparation of the meal to your counselor.

#7. With you parent's permission, go to www.geocaching.com. Type in your zip code to locate public geocaches in your area. Share with your counselor the posted information about three of those geocaches.

7. Pick one of the three and find the cache.
8. Do ONE of the following:a. If a Cache to Eagle ® series exists in your council, visit at least three of the locations in the series. Describe the projects that each cache you visit highlights, and explain how the Cache to Eagle ® program helps share our Scouting service with the public.
b. Create a Scouting-related Travel Bug ® that promotes one of the values of Scouting. "Release" yourTravel Bug into a public geocache and, with your parent's permission, monitor its progress at www.geocaching.com for 30 days. Keep a log, and share this with your counselor at the end of the 30-day period.
c. Set up and hide a public geocache, following the guidelines in the Geocaching merit badge pamphlet. Before doing so, share with your counselor a six-month maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally responsible for the first three months. After setting up the geocache, with your parent's permission, follow the logs online for 30 days and share them with your counselor.d. Explain what Cache In Trash Out (CITO) means, and describe how you have practiced CITO at public geocaches or at a CITO event. Then, either create CITO containers to leave at public caches, or host a CITO event for your unit or for the public.9. Plan a geohunt for a youth group such as your troop or a neighboring pack, at school, or your place of worship. Choose a theme, set up a course with at least four waypoints, teach the players how to use a GPS unit, and play the game. Tell your counselor about your experience, and share the materials you used and developed for this event.

#1. Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements.
A. Watch about three hours total of engineering-related shows or documentaries that involve motion or motion-inspired technology. Then do the following: A1. Make a list of at least five questions or ideas from the show(s) you watched. A2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.
B. Read (about three hours total) about motion or motion-inspired technology. Then do the following: B1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from each article. B2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.
C. Do a combination of reading and watching (about three hours total). Then do the following: C1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from each article or show. C2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.

#2. Choose ONE merit badge from the following list. (Choose one you have not already used for another Nova award.) After completion, discuss with your counselor how the merit badge you earned uses engineering. (Archery, Aviation, Composite Materials, Drafting, Electronics, Engineering, Inventing, Model Design and Building, Railroading, Rifle Shooting, Robotics, Shotgun Shooting)

#1a. Before completing requirements 2 through 9, have your health-care practitioner give you a physical examination, using the Scout medical examination form. Describe the examination. Tell what questions the doctor asked about your health. Tell what health or medical recommendations the doctor made and report what you have done in response to the recommendations. Explain the following: 1. Why physical exams are important 2. Why preventative habits (such as exercising regularly) are important in maintaining good health, and how the use of tobacco products, alcohol, and other harmful substances can negatively affect our personal fitness. 3. Diseases that can be prevented and how. 4. The seven warning signs of cancer. 5. The youth risk factors that affect cardiovascular fitness in adulthood.

#2b. Have a dental examination. Get a statement saying that your teeth have been checked and cared for. Tell how to care for your teeth.
#9. Find out about three career opportunities in personal fitness. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for these professions. Discuss what you learned with your counselor, and explain why this profession might interest you.

#1.Do the following:
a. Choose an item that your family might want to purchase that is considered a major expense.

b.Write a plan that tells how your family would save money for the purchase identified in requirement 1a.
b1. Discuss the plan with your merit badge counselor.
b2.Discuss the plan with your family.b3. Discuss how other family needs must be considered in this plan.
c. Develop a written shopping strategy for the purchase identified in requirement 1a.
c1. Determine the quality of the item or service (using consumer publications or ratings systems).c2.Comparison shop for the item. Find out where you can buy the item for the best price. (Provide prices from at least two different price sources.) Call around; study ads. Look for a sale or discount coupon. Consider alternatives. Can you buy the item used? Should you wait for a sale?

#2.Do the following:
a.Prepare a budget reflecting your expected income (allowance, gifts, wages), expenses, and savings. Track your actual (if you do not get allowance can use monopoly money with parents) income, expenses, and savings for 13 consecutive weeks. (You may use the forms provided in MB Work Book), devise your own, or use a computer-generated version.) When complete, present the results to your merit badge counselor.
b. Compare expected income with expected expenses.
b1.If expenses exceed income, determine steps to balance your budget.
b2.If income exceeds expenses, state how you would use the excess money (new goal, savings).

#8.Demonstrate to your merit badge counselor your understanding of time management by doing the following:
a. Write a “to do” list of tasks or activities, such as homework assignments, chores, and personal projects, that must be done in the coming week. List these in order of importance to you.
b. Make a seven-day calendar or schedule. Put in your set activities, such as school classes, sports practices or games, jobs or chores, and/or Scout or place of worship or club meetings, then plan when you will do all the tasks from your “to do” list between your set activities.
c. Follow the one-week schedule you planned. Keep a daily diary or journal during each of the seven days of this week’s activities, writing down when you completed each of the tasks on your “to do” list compared to when you scheduled them.
d. Review your “to do” list, one-week schedule, and diary/ journal to understand when your schedule worked and when it did not work. With your merit badge counselor, discuss and understand what you learned from this requirement and what you might do differently the next time.

Will need to finish the 13 week of tracking income, expenses and savings and showing it on the MB work book.

#1-a Show that you know first aid for injuries that could occur while woodworking, including splinters, scratches, cuts, severe bleeding, and shock. Tell what precautions must be taken to help prevent loss of eyesight or hearing, and explain why and when it is necessary to use a dust mask.
#2-b Collect and label blocks of six kinds of wood useful in woodworking. Describe the chief qualities of each. Give the best uses of each.

Bring them to class and be prepared to describe each.

5. Create your own carpentry project. List the materials you will need to complete your project, and then build your project. Keep track of the time you spend and the cost of the materials.